PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve

The snowfall closed Kashmir’s lone connecting highway, the strategic Srinagar Jammu national highway, and shut all air traffic for the day as no flights could land here because of low visibility and the accumulation of snow on the tarmac.

PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve

While majority of the people were adversely affected by the snowfall, it brought cheer to the visiting tourists and people connected with the tourist trade at health resorts particularly at the ski resort of Gulmarg.

PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve

Hundreds of tourists have thronged to Gulmarg on the New Year’s Eve and they are overjoyed as the snowfall opens up their chances of indulgence in variety of winter sports on offer at the health resort which include skiing, sliding, snow biking and Gandola rides.

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Image: A man clears snow on the roof of a houseboat on Dal Lake on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie